Rida Fatima, Muhammad Shafiq, Muhammad Ammar Yaser, Muhammad Ali, Samia Jawed, Rana Khurrum Aftab, Farhat Ijaz.
Hypovitaminosis-D: a Predictive Risk Marker for Preeclampsia in 3rd Trimester of Pregnancy.
Esculapio J Services Inst Med Sci Jan ;15(3):221-4.

Objective: To compare the Vitamin-D in serum of normotensive pregnancy and preeclamptic pregnancy. Methods: This case-control study was done at Lady Aitchison Hospital, Lahore. 47 pregnant females were assigned to preeclamptic group (cases) and 47 pregnant females assigned to normotensive group (control). The enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) method was utilized to determine serum vitamin-D levels. Results: The mean Vitamin-D levels were 15.74 +- 3.50 in cases and 33.26 +- 11.94 in control group; the levels were significantly lower in cases as compared to controls with p-value < 0.001. Conclusions: The findings of this study concluded that Vitamin-D levels are less in preeclamptic than in Normotensive Pregnancy and could be marked as a risk factor for preeclampsia.

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